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May 05.2009

Hi, I;m a little new to this game so please be patient.

I have a drop down list of states and I’d like the entries to be a specific color. I have a class defined as :

.dropdown {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
width: 286px;
font-size: 12px;
color: #FF0000;
}

And a cell in a table …
<td valign=”top”>
<select name=”state” class=”dropdown” >
<option value=” “>&nbsp;</option>
<option value=”AL”>Alabama</option>
<option value=”AK”>Alaska</option>
<option value=”AZ”>Arizona</option>

<option value=”AR”>Arkansas</option>
<option value=”CA”>California</option>
<option value=”CO”>Colorado</option>
</select> </td>

But the color is still black?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
hefterr

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@kenderMay 06.2009 — I believe you need to assign the class to your option tag

http://www.java2s.com/Code/HTMLCSS/Form-Style/Styleforselectoption.htm
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@budsterMay 06.2009 — Hi hefterr

This article explains how to have multi-coloured select lists

http://www.astral-consultancy.co.uk/cgi-bin/hunbug/doco.cgi?11580

Hope this helps
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@hefterrauthorMay 06.2009 — Hey,

Thanks to all for the help.

The only thing that doesn't seem to work 100% is with the Safari browser. I can get the drop down OPTION elements to be colored, but when I select one (only with Safari), the color is ignored and the selected choice is black.

Any ideas?

hefterr
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@budsterMay 07.2009 — Hi hefterr

With Safari 3, I also couldn't get a select list to be anything but black, even adding the css "select{color:blue}" didn't have any effect.

But Safari 4 (on windows) does work in the desired way.

Hope this helps
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